First they came for our foie gras... now the Chicago City Council wants to take away our beloved trans fats. Never mind that most Chicagoans couldn't tell a trans fat from a transistor -- if the government wants to take them away from us, by dingies we're gonna fight for...

Somalia has been taken over by black Islamists. Which is sort of like the NBA being conquered by Croatians; it's not really shocking just not what I expected. Even before 9/11 I thought of Islamists as Arabs, though I did notice Usama Bin Laden...

Dear President Carter,

Just kidding Mr. Bush, I know you're the President now, or should I say, You are "The Decider."

But seriously, the Middle East is in deep camel doo and we need to mount our tallest two-humpers to help get it out. The question is, how can we...

This was created for a Passover Seder I attended. I stimulated some good discussions so I offer it here. - a

The first suicide terrorist was Samson. In the book of Judges, chapters 13 -- 16, the Jews were oppressed by the Palestinians -- I mean Philistines. For 20 years, Samson resisted that oppression like a one-man Al Qaeda. He killed random Philistinian...

As a child I fantasized about martyrdom. Like millions of Catholic school kids, I literally prayed for the honor to die for my religion. I dreamed my death romantic. "Betray your G-d or die," the pagan inquisitor would say. I would defiantly quote Tertullian,...

The Chicago City Council may rename a one-block section of an inner city street for murdered Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton. The move is wildly controversial and the Chicago Police union is outraged that the city would honor a man who encouraged his...

The Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest makes me prouder than ever to be a Jew. Responding to the Prophet Muhammad cartoons, the Iranian newspaper, Hamshahri, has announced a Holocaust cartoon contest. In response to that call an Israeli publisher, Dimona Comix, has challenged...